WILD BIRDS AND THEIR HAUNTS: (A BOOK FOR STUDENTS AND SPORTSMEN). By W. Halliday.

ND (1922) 1st edition. 8vo (139 x 223mm). Pp302. B/w photograph plates, foreword by Gene Stratton-Porter, introduction by W. Percival Westell. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt.

This is a detailed account of the birds of the British Isles, with some description of the locations in which they are to be found. Chapters include: Part I: Birds of Lewis; Occurences of rare birds; Wild fowl shooting; Bird life on the Farne Islands; Among the sea birds; A night of wild fowling; A few comments on the sport; How I became a naturalist; Bird migration; Bird migration from America to europe; Autumn migrants; The power of flight possessed by birds; Comparative energy in birds; Faculties of vision in birds; Bird characteristics architecturally; Peculiarites of birds; Birds of Leicestershire; Distinction between man and lower animals; Faculties of birds generally; The sense of heating; Formation of birds; Footless birds; Birds whose feet and legs are strongly in evidence; The superiority of the female in natural history; Fowling reminiscences; A memorable adventure; Holiday at wild fowling. Part II consists of individual chapters on each of the British bird species.